Biology:Encyosaccus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Encyosaccus |
| Species: | E. sexmaculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Encyosaccus sexmaculatus Simon, 1895[1]
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Encyosaccus is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Encyosaccus sexmaculatus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895,[2] and has only been found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil .[1]
Description
Encyosaccus sexmaculatus is dark orange, with a black tarsus (the last leg segment). The dorsal side of the abdomen is light orange spotted with black. A white border, a white line running on the anterior-posterior axis, and two lines running on the left-right axis, segment the orange area into six sections.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Encyosaccus Simon, 1895". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/313. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Wikidata ☰ Q20644725 entry
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